dirtdobber's Blog

Saturday my husband and I decided on the spur of the moment to go take a day trip to see my son and his family 3 hours away. We didn't let them know we were coming b/c we didn't want them to cancel any plans. When we arrived , we called and got no answer. Since they live in this great sleepy island community on the coast, we knew we could find something to do if this happened. On this island is a nursery that I always want to visit. We had a couple of little gifts for them , but I wanted to get my daughter in law a flower.  So we stopped at this place to pick up something. Guess what! They have completely rebuilt the place. It is huge, with so much more than before!!!  All kinds of organic compost, more plants than you can shake a stick at, and tons of garden art. It was fabulous! We picked out a plant for Jess and rode by their house. They, in fact, were not there, so we went on with our day. We did want to check out the beach and the little local shops and we were hungry. It looked like rain was coming in, so we went on to eat at our favorite restaurant where you can sit on the front porch to eat. We then rambled through the shops, but all I could think about was getting back to that nursery so I could really look.  Finally it was time to head out.  I could not wait to spend a little income tax refund money at this place. We drove up....it was CLOSED!!!!!! I wanted to cry! Closed at 4PM. We just missed it.

I will definetly know next time how to time my visit.

BUT......., I got up this morning and hubby says "you have sprouts in your garden". Did ya'll here me squeal from way over here in Ga.??! My purple hulls are peaking through. So are most of the butterbeans. The squash is beginning to show up. And maybe it was the overnight rain, but my peppers and tomato plants have perked up tremendously.  I was a little worried about a few of those...they just seemed a little depressed.  But they are happy today as is their mother.  It turned out to be a drizzly day, so after church I took a nap. I woke up 4 hours later. Man! I must ahve been tired. All that driving maybe?  I've been around the garden to check everything out and now I'm about to eat some pizza.

Guess I'll try to garden a little tomorrow after work.  I potted up some cuttings the other day from my mom's garden and I have a bunch more to do.

Well folks, that was my weekend, and that is my upcoming agenda.  Ya'll have a great rest of the weekend and Get in that dirt!!!   Trish